Lucas' prayer

Part of our nightly bedtime routine has always been to say our prayers.  Like a lot of habits, it is easy to go through the motions without really thinking about what you are doing/saying.  This was no different.  After a few (or more) weeks of doing this, I finally stopped to think about what I was saying.  "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, if I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take."  Um. No offense, God, but that is just creepy!  I KNOW where my baby's soul is going, should the unthinkable happen... that doesn't mean I want to think about it every single night!

So, I decided that Lucas needed his own death-free prayer.  Feel free to borrow it, I don't think he will mind!  (I'll also note that I tried -as best I could with keeping the rhyme- to model it after the Lord's prayer.  So there's that.)

Dear God,

Thank you for my family, thank you for this day.  Thank you Lord, for loving me, and showing me the Way.  I'm sorry for the wrong I've done, help me just do right.  Tomorrow I'll start fresh and new.  I love you and good night.  (then we add in the personal stuff) God bless mama, and daddy, and lucas, and roxy, and tia.  Amen.